RE: Feature Request: Downloadable Post Histories
Dang Kitty, you have me worried now. Welp, I guess I'm going to copy-paste a bunch of stuff tomorrow.
I'm largely not that organized, I just keep adding to the pile. The fragments are about as orderly as it gets, which isn't saying much honestly. Lately I've been experimenting with nested notes and indexing things. I haven't reached peak Unabomber just yet, but the great work hasn't been finished yet heavy breathing. Just joking of course, I'm a normal guy doing normal things.
Writing 2500 words a day on a phone is damn impressive. I honestly need my keyboard to function. Was doing steno for a while and injured myself in process, which probably sounds even more weird than the joke about the great work. Steno is pretty underrated actually, but it will never become popular.
Oh, have you thought about using speech to text maybe? Heard there's apps that transcribe your voice.
It's not my intention to make you worried although I admit I am worried (the info about what happens if the witnesses stop is given by xpilar in Talkchannel a few days ago) although this is what I am worried about and wrote about in the past years.
I just left a reply to @janyie (artist) who wrote about why she left and why it's said you can't say you join other platforms as well. You find my answer here if you like to read it.
Years ago I worked with Dragon it worked great for my job and didn't took long to train it for my voice. I tried to do it with my phone but it only worked with the old one which can no longer open the internet (only good for Telegram and calling). I also noticed that what I tried only seem to work with one language which isn't always very helpful. Another problem I face is that if I type it's in the way I think. If I have to speak my texts I write different which is at times frustrating especially if it comes to stories. Somehow speaking interferes with what I have in mind, perhaps because I rarely speak? Can be it's gone if I train it more but I doubt it.
Steno is handy, I learned it too. Kind of pity it's no longer. Good for my notes and if I don't want others to read it. Is steno still taught? If it comes to it I like writing with pen and paper. I still do it even if a sheet has to be filled out.
I gues if we print we have a pile as well but it might look better in we archive in a box or so LOL
I better check how much ink is left to print at least 27 times....
edit: P.s. I made a screenshot (prt sc/printscreen) and printed that. Good enough for certain comments.
There's the Plover* project, which is pretty great for steno. Basically the app converts stenography chords into plain english, using modifiable dictionaries. You don't need an expensive steno machine either, just a keyboard with n-key-rollover or a steno keyboard (they are somewhat affordable).
I have little experience with Dragon, but I remember it being expensive as heck. It's nice but yeah, takes a little bit of getting use to. Besides that I've experimented with voice records, which is probably even more of a pain in the ass than actually writing things out in the first place. Nobody is going to listen to themselves rambling for hours at a time, even if you're bookmarking things. At least I won't. I hate listening to my own voice.
In terms of your voice being different of how you write I find that kind of ironic. I mean, given how people keep looking for their own voice. The whole steno phase of mine was kinda about that, like an attempt of the writing process becoming more conversational.
*https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/
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My friend @grebmot, I know it might be that you prefer the anonymity, but would you care to tell me your country so it would look better on our report? I mean instead of "Unknown". But then if you wanna go with "Unknown", its okay as well.
Funny that you asked. I've noticed that singular "Unknown" in one of the reports and wondered about it. It sure does sound cool, but I'm actually just German.
Well, thank you. It's in the database now.
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No, it's not in the database LOL
What is just?
Heh, the "just" part wasn't meant to be a dig at my Germanness as such, more like in the sense of reality not being quite as cool as if I was the man from Nowhere. I'm not looking down from the observation deck of the ISS, or riding a nuclear desk to Sirius, with about 70 years to kill. Nah, "just" a German with lower back pain who woke up in the middle of a cold night and threw over a fuzzy blanket like a toga while googling Pilates.
Doesn't mean I think I was hot stuff either. Like my ramblings were having some sort of ethereal quality. You know, giving people "the download" blasting their foreheads with pink lasers fired from some ancient satellite. I'm not Philip K. Dick either. I wish I was, but I'm not. Just a guy bullshitting around.
How is your back?
Have you tried a high dose of vitamin D3? It might work.
So you are doing Pilates in the middle of a cold night wrapped in a fuzzy blanket? I hope it worked.
I never met the man from Nowhere, to me you are cool enough. Don't get a cold on your back or the pain increases. BTW a hot water bag can do wonders too. Do you have one? Or two?
Bullshitting or not I like what you write, take good care of yourself.
I appreciate it!
As it was bought for work it was extremely expensive. Years later I bought if from me and was cheaper but I have no idea what it will cost these days or if there's a free option.
https://www.trustradius.com/products/nuance-dragon-speech-recognition/pricing
still not cheap...
The main problem is that I think faster than I speak. My fingers can type what I think but if I have to speak out what I think it's formulated differently.
Thanks for the link. Guess what I did with your comment LOL print
I hate that monthly subscription crap. Adobe has been doing the same thing. Not that I have ever paid for anything Adobe, but they're definitely making sure I never will, too. That's what so nice about Fade In, that screenwriting software. Just old fashioned, you buy it - you own it. It's not super expensive either. Besides there being freemium version on top of that.
Then you've got something like Xmind, which is nice and all, but they're using cd-keys tied to whatever machine you're installing on. Got two for Xmind 8 but lost one after a computer crash and got told to get fucked. Hence I juggle that remaining cd-key between machines. Like removing it manually and then re-adding the code line by line. If I'm using that software at all, that is.
In terms of your voice you probably know best, but sometimes it's worth experimenting with. I know this guy who's a musician and he's pretty good actually, but it's mostly just electronic dance stuff. Wouldn't call it mediocre, but there's plenty of that. That's how he sees himself, I suppose. Then I got to listen to something entirely different in terms of tone, like slow and melancholic, and thought that was genuinely great. But it wasn't like he envisions himself.
I am not a fan of the monthly subscribing either and if you forget you are fucked. In many cases, it's also easier to subscribe as to cancel it. I never paid for Adobe because I used open office which came with a lot of extra. My phone came with Word but it's a struggle and I have used it only a few times.
The dumb key issues we had as well. Laptop crashed, broke and you can say goodbye. There's a lot for free which is as good as the paid whatever hard to stop bills for what I don't use anyway.
I rather had the real thing on cd or DVD and not the online download option. It's the same if it comes to games. You pay, you download and next they decide you cannot play it any longer or they go bankrupt.
Does he instruct with his voice music?
Let me print you again and add it to my try-out list.
Heh, feeling like you're doing a file on me.
I'm not sure what he's using exactly but apparently a keyboard and some kind of music creation suite. Probably Apple.
Say, why aren't you writing on a computer Kitty? I get writing on your phone for a lack of a better alternative, but you could get a lenovo box and a second hand screen and you'd still have much more pleasant experience. Or so I would think at least.
I started on steemit on my phone because I could not move and mainly laid in bed (unlike today) but I learned to write and post that way. I had a laptop and the old broken ones are still around trying to fix them. I can't hold a PC in bed or? My brain works different if I lay down (more writers have that but I can't paint that way or work with concrete LOL).
I try to confiscate an old laptop of my child (bad present from school, it lives it's own life/battery/closing down) so I'm fine for the time being. This year I will buy something since a new phone I will need at least. The Samsung is getting slow (Samsung is famous for it).
Don't worry, no file about you, I print the links you give so I don't need to write it down which is a good thing since I poured my tea over my notes!
You have a link or a lenova box?
Sorry Kitty, didn't mean to be a jerk. In case you haven't noticed yet, I tend to be a little tone-deaf here and there :-). Wouldn't call myself a habitual line stepper, but I sure keep stepping into something or other (unintionally so, most of times).
Mhm. The Lenovo boxes I was refering to are tiny computers they tend to use in office spaces. Hence there's a big market for pre-owned ones which are a good bang for the buck. Cheap, somewhat upgradable and perfectly suitable for light computing and media stuff. Like compared to one of those Raspberry Pis (those were extremely overprized for a while).
I've got a Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q, which is decent enough. Again, should do office stuff just fine:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285702160964?_skw=lenovo+thinkcentre+m710q
Don't get one of those AMD versions, if you're ever tempted to do so. From my experience they tend to overheat and are super loud compared to the Intel boxes. But generally don't take my word for anything, I'm a barely function as it is. Grains of salt and all of that.
Edit: The Ebay link is meant as an illustrative example. Don't order from the Americans unless you feel like burning money on shipping, obviously. They should be available anywhere though.
Thank you!
Speech to text apps? I have been using it for sometimes, basically when works need me to re-type large amount of text. It does help. But so far I only have it on my Android phone, since I have no microphone attached the the PC and laptop. I create the text on my phone, save it as a text file, send it to PC or laptop.
What app are you using? In terms of the PC I like Read a Loud, because it's free and it works, but I've grown a little more paranoid about browser plug-ins more recently and keep it contained to a dedicated instance. Nuance Dragon would be nice, partially because you could use that in tandem with Fade In and simulate a table read.
I use Write by Voice from UXAPPS LTD. It recognizes Indonesian language greatly.
Thanks for recommendation.
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Same! Wrote the name of the app down. Might be useful in the future. Thanks!
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You don't think differently if you speak?
Yes, it's funny that you ask this, I often find that, sometimes when I'm talking about something, my mind can wander between the possibilities in what I want to say and the alternative sentences that I can use to express the idea, and at the same time considering the impact that I'm expecting and what I might get. It's something that is sometimes exciting, which can sometimes lead to conversations becoming longer than expected.
Regarding the use of the app, more precisely, I read the text to the app, which have been huge amounts of photos of work-related texts. In the past I have tried an app that offers the ability to convert images of text (ie documents photos) into text, -I forget the name of this app- but I didn't find it helpful, because the very poor conversion on a not bad quality photo, means that it requires extra work to correct the conversion result, which could mean all the words, so what's the point? Wouldn't it be better for me to type them myself? Well, then speech to text technology came along, which is very helpful.
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It's years ago I used it and I notice that if my brain has room to wander of the story is different but this also happens if I have to speak out loud. There's an extra step which changes the entire story, not that I have story in mind but that happens if I have to formulate it.
Perhaps I give the talking a chance one day, although I don't see myself writing letters and e-mails with it.
Thanks for explaining what is possible. I am far behind if it comes to technology perhaps it's helpful if I can no longer lift a finger and am blind? What do you think?
Sweet dreams
Ha! This made my mind wander back in time. Back in the 90s, Indonesia witnessed the springtime of the success of adapted novels from renowned authors such as Agatha Christie, Sydney Sheldon, Enyd Blyton, and others. At that time there was a series of adventure novels that offered different possibilities for storylines. I once read, among others, the adventure story of a group of pilots in space, after the story runs a few pages, they find two alternatives, the reader decides which alternative to take, each alternative points to a specific page of the novel. Likewise, each alternative chosen will later also experience the same thing, the story branches out and finds different reactions to each different decision made by the reader. And of course, and that's the fun of it: all possibilities can be explored.
I guess these kind of apps only good for re-typing of the large amount of text. I also know some writers use a recorder to record ideas that suddenly come to mind. They always have these mini-recorders (like journalists have) nearby, because it's easier to capture ideas while it's still "warm" than to write them down.
Haha.
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